![]() The Nevada Landing was closed in 2007 and subsequently demolished. The Nevada Landing was designed to resemble two riverboats and featured 303 guest rooms, over 800 slot machines, table games, wedding services, and four restaurants. The Nevada Landing was a sister property to the Gold Strike and the two properties were typically marketed jointly by MGM. It was located on the west side of Interstate 15. In 1989, the Nevada Landing, a hotel and casino, opened in Jean. It was an affordable option for travelers as rooms on weekdays typically started at about $30. The Gold Strike was owned by MGM Mirage and had 811 rooms with several restaurants. A few later, the Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall ("Gold Strike"), opened on the property in 1990. It opened in 1972 and then closed in 1988. The first casino that opened in Jean was the Pop's Oasis Casino. Jean suffered as a result and there was no real business growth in the community for decades. In 1930, with mining on the wane, the Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad discontinued the railroad connection from Jean to Goodsprings. Jean, despite it being only thirty miles south of Vegas, remained a very small community for decades without the growth seen in the Las Vegas valley. He then sadly passed away a year later in the Spanish flu epidemic. George Fayle built a hotel in Goodsprings in 1917. In 1905, the town was renamed after George's wife, Jean. In 1904, George Fayle operated a mercantile store at the railroad stop. There was a spur line that went from Jean up the hill to Goodsprings. It was a stop on the railroad line between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Jean was originally known as Goodsprings Junction. The township was established in 1904, which is a year before the city of Las Vegas was founded. It's been a filming location for several popular movies.Īt the time of its founding, Jean was known as a township. With its proximity to Las Vegas, Jean has an accessible and open desert setting. It offers a variety of desert landscapes, including Jean Dry Lake, that are easily accessible. The Jean exit also serves to access Highway 161, which can be taken west to Goodsprings, Sandy Valley, and into California.ĭue to it being only 30 miles south of Las Vegas with plenty of available land, there have been a number of movies filmed around Jean. The area south of this airport would be used for the proposed Ivanpah Valley Airport, which if constructed, would serve the Las Vegas area. The airport is operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation. It is popular with glider aviators and skydivers. The Jean Airport, also known as the Jean Sport Aviation Center is just south of the community. ![]() It can be taken as an alternate route to Las Vegas, in addition to Interstate 15, which has exits for Jean in both directions. The paved section of Las Vegas Boulevard ends about a mile south of Jean. Jean is the location of the main post office for the 89019 zip code.īusinesses and residents of Primm, Goodsprings, and Sandy Valley may have "Jean" listed as the city in their mailing address as they all share the same 89019 zip code and the same post office. It's about 200 feet higher in elevation than Primm and about 800 feet higher than Las Vegas. Jean also has a Nevada Highway Patrol substation, the Goodsprings Township Courthouse, and the main post office for the area. ![]() The 240 or so prison inmates are the only residents in Jean. In terms of government facilities, Jean is home to the Jean Conservation Camp, a minimum-security all-female prison operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections. Other businesses in Jean include a plastics manufacturer and a towing service. Jean is largely a commercial area that has a humongous gas station, a truck stop-travel plaza, a gigantic convenience store, and a large hotel-casino that's now closed. It is located twelve miles north of Primm, 32 miles south of Las Vegas on Interstate 15.
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